Annual Report 2010-11 - The National Institute of Open Schooling

National Institute of Open Schooling
7.3.5 Fee Concession to Prioritized Groups
During 2010-11, subsidy aggregating to Rs. 722.04
lakh was given in the form of concessions in admission
fee to the students belonging to weaker sections of
society comprising women, scheduled castes,
scheduled tribes, ex-servicemen and handicapped.
This subsidy was solely met from NIOS generated
funds. The number of beneficiaries availing subsidy
during the year was 2,01,599 [SCs; 57420, STs;
33,512, Ex-Servicemen; 205, Handicapped; 1895,
Women; 1,08,567 (excluding SC/ST Women)].
The rates of subsidy ranged between Rs. 250 to Rs.
450 per student depending on the courses of study
and gender. A diagrammatic presentation of year wise
subsidies given from 1999-2000 to 2010-11 is at
Annexure –V.
7.3.6 Important Activities
During the year 2010-11:
In order to comply with accrual system of
accounting, depreciation was charged on Fixed
Assets of NIOS.
Efficient management of working capital was
effected with the help of cash flow and fund flow
statement.
Effective control was exercised on fixed assets
by way of preparing fixed assets schedule in
proper proforma.
Separate Balance sheet, Income & Expenditure
A/c and Receipt & Payment A/c have been
prepared in respect of GPF & Pension Fund.
The annual accounts of NIOS were prepared
on accrual basis, in uniform format as applicable
to all central autonomous bodies and prescribed
by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
The computerization of Accounts in all the
Regional Centres of NIOS was adopted and
the monthly accounts of all Regional Centres are
being prepared in Tally 9.0 version.
Synchronization of Tally data of all Regional
Centres will be introduced in 2011-12.
The certification audit of accounts of NIOS for
the year 2009-10 was got conducted by
DGACR from 11-06-2010 to 25-06-2010.
Audit certification of Annual Accounts for the
year 2009-10 which was obtained from
DGACR has already been laid in the Parliament
by the MHRD.
A training programme on Tally package &
Accounting System was held on 10 th & 11 th
September 2010 at NIOS Hqrs.
The funds generated by way of collection of admission
and examination fees and sale of publications etc.
during the year 2010-2011 were to the tune of Rs.
9906.69 lakh as against Rs. 8935.91 lakh during
2009-2010. The increase of 10.87% in the revenue
was due to (a) increase in the number of students
enrolled and increase in the number of students who
appeared for examinations, (b) increase in receipt of
miscellaneous fee, and (c) receipt of interest on term
deposit from bank. Income from interest earned by
NIOS during 2010-2011 was Rs. 1124.01 lakhs. The
trend of NIOS generated income from 1999-2000
onwards is at Annexure-I.
7.4 Printing Unit
7.4.1 An Overview
NIOS is one of the biggest government publishing
house. In any distance mode of learning printed
materials play a very important role. The timely printing
and despatch is one of the important activity in NIOS.
Printing Unit of NIOS print study materials from
various printers and supply it to Material Distribution
Unit at Rana Pratap Bagh, Delhi for further dispatch
to the learners.
NIOS prints learning materials of different subjects,
courses, and in several mediums. Majority of the
subjects have 2 to 3 or more volumes. During the
year 2010-11, NIOS printed approximately 46 lakh
copies of Secondary, Senior Secondary and
Vocational Education courses. Study materials in
Hindi, English, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati,
Urdu and Oriya were printed. NIOS also printed and
supplied study materials for the students of Rajasthan
State Open School and Andhra Pradesh State Open
School.
The expenditure incurred on paper and printing of
the instructional materials during 2010-11 was
approx. Rs. 2035.12 lakhs.
During 2010-11, NIOS procured 60 gsm printing
paper from M/s Hindustan Paper Mills, a Govt. of
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